A husband who suffered years of depression and intense pain from severe headaches took his own life, an inquest heard.

Philip Calvert was found by his wife Shona lying on the bed at their home in Great Hollands on November 24.

An inquest into his death at Windsor Guildhall heard a note was found detailing funeral arrangements. A beaker containing white pills was found close to Mr Calvert. The coroner’s court heard Mr Calvert, 46, suffered from depression and attempted to kill himself 20 years ago.

Mrs Calvert, from Ullswater, told the inquest: “Since January 2011 he threatened to take his own life frequently.”

The court heard in 1987 Mr Calvert was involved in a road collision and suffered severe headaches afterwards, but the cause had never been diagnosed, and that a family bereavement in 1991 led to further depression.

On Mr Calvert’s phone, calendar entries from November 21 to the end of the month all had “die tonight” on them.

Mr Calvert's sister-in-law Alison Calvert said: “He was very good at DIY and had a wide circle of friends.

“I am sure he completed all what he said he would do.

“Maybe he had done that on his phone because he didn’t know when he would have everything finished for everybody else.

“The only thing that I can think is that he didn’t want to wait right until Christmas because he knew how many people that would affect.”

A toxicology report revealed Mr Calvert had taken a cocktail of painkillers and anti-depressant drugs. Mr Bedford said: “This was a man on a mission and the only question was when.”

He recorded a verdict that Mr Calvert took his own life while suffering intense pain from headaches and stomach pain of undiagnosed causes and gout.